Azerbaijani Educational / Musical Program

Jeffrey Werbock will be presenting both an educational as well as musical program of instrumental solo improvisations based on traditional Azerbaijani mugham, played on oud – fretless wood face short neck lute; tar – fretted skin face long neck lute; and kamancha – skin face spike fiddle.

Azerbaijani mugham is monophonic modal music, highly microtonal, meter free, densely ornamented, composed of complex melodic lines that are somewhat improvised according to the eastern tradition of theme and variation, and convey a mix of sorrow and joy as well as an overall sense of both antiquity and mysticism.

Mr. Werbock has been giving presentations for well over three decades and has performed often at Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History, Asia Society, World Music Institute, and presents lecture demonstrations at colleges and universities all over the English speaking world.  He has been awarded an honorary degree by the National Music Conservatory of Azerbaijan, in Baku, and was recently sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan to perform a solo concert.

To find out more information about Mr. Werbock and the music check out this site: www.mugham.net

For additional information about the venue: www.yourshulbythesea.org,

For questions and inquiries, contact Ellen Ruth Topol, TBE, Vice-President : ertopol@aol.com

Suggested Donation $10.

480 City Island Avenue.  Yourshulbythesea.org